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Artist: Jackie Brenston
Song: Rocket 88
Composer: Jackie Brenston
Album: I Like Ike! The Best of Ike Turner
Label: Rhino
Artist: Elvis Presley
Song: Good Rockin’ Tonight
Composer: Roy Brown
Album: The Sun Sessions
Label: RCA
Artist: Buddy Holly
Song: Crying Waiting Hoping
Composer: Buddy Holly
Album: The Very Best of Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Label: MCA International
Artist: The Flamin’ Groovies
Song: Shake Some Action
Composer: Cyril Jordan
Album: This Band is Red Hot 1969-1979
Label: Raven
Artist: The Drifters
Song: This Magic Moment
Composer: Pomus/Shuman
Album: The Very Best of the Drifters
Label: Rhino
Artist: Lou Reed
Song: This Magic Moment
Composer: Pomus/Shuman
Album: Till the Night is Gone: a Tribute to Doc Pomus
Label: Rhino
Artist: Robert Johnson
Song: Me and the Devil Blues
Composer: Robert Johnson
Album: King of the Delta Blues
Label: Columbia
Artist: The Teddy Bears
Song: To Know Him is to Love Him
Composer: Spector
Album: Dreamboats and Petticoats: the Petticoat Collection
Label: Universal
Artist: Amy Winehouse
Song: To Know Him is to Love Him
Composer: Spector
Album: Amy Winehouse at the BBC
Label: Universal
Artist: The Five Satins
Song: In the Still of the Nite
Composer: Fred Parris
Album: Billboard Top R&B Hits: 1956
Label: Rhino
Artist: The Slades
Song: In the Still of the Nite
Composer: Fred Parris
Album: The Domino Records Story
Label: Ace
Artist: Etta James
Song: All I Could Do Was Cry
Composers: Berry Gordy Jr/Billy Davis/Gwen Fuqua
Album: The Essential Etta James
Label: Chess/MCA
Artist: Beyonce
Song: All I Could Do Was Cry
Composers: Berry Gordy Jr/Billy Davis/Gwen Fuqua
Album: Cadillac Records: original soundtrack
Label: Music World/Columbia
Artist: Cyndi Lauper
Song: Money Changes Everything
Composer: Tom Gray
Album: Twelve Deadly Sins
Label: Sony
Artist: Barrett Strong
Song: Money (That’s What I Want)
Composer: Berry Gordy Jr/Janie Bradfield
Album: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Barrett Strong
Label: Motown
